Rainforest Centers

So, as much as I like post office, I am ready for it to end so we can move onto learning about rainforests. This upcoming unit is one of my favorite units. I have all of my rainforest centers prepped and ready to go. I feel so ahead of the game.

I love pulling out thematic math and literacy centers for practice. Here are some of the rainforest math centers that I have out.

Number Order

Roll & Cover

Rainforest Time

Place Value

Fact Families

Nonstandard Measuring

I think these will be a great end of the year review for my kiddos. These can be found in the Rainforest Math Centers.

The literacy centers will also be engaging for my students and great review of skills.

What is all of the buzz about bees? A lot! Bees are so important for our ecosystem but unfortunately some species are endangered. Kids are usually so curious about bugs, so you have instant engagement when you talk about bees! I like to teach the importance of them, and talk about ways we can help them out. There are so many great bee resources out there for teaching these insects and other pollinators. [ 442 more words ]

We had polar animal adventure day in first grade last week. Polar animal adventure day is a theme day we have as a culminating activity for your polar animal unit. We set up six stations and rotated the first graders through them. Each station was about 15 minutes long. Here are the stations we had….